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Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.92 AVERAGE

ehansen25's review against another edition

4.75

Taking .25 stars away because it didn't hold me until the end. I liked how it ended but it kind of got away from me around 2/3 of the way through. Still a very good modern ghost story.

kapertures's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

jaimgame's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

roomwithbooks's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ang650's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Diavola is a family vacation gone very, very wrong in an Italian countryside, the story layers in strange, unsettling events that can’t be explained away. While it wasn’t quite as terrifying as I expected from a horror novel, it had plenty of eerie tension, family drama, and “what the heck is happening?" Moments to keep me listening.

dosxhime's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Favorite character has to be Anna and Justin.

Anna for not being petty. And Justin for being so damn chill

4 / 5

ink_at_heart's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There was a good 30-50 pages where it dragged a bit for me, but I was still curious enough about the story and characters to keep reading, so it wasn’t a deal breaker for me. As someone that also has some passive aggressive, dysfunctional family members, Thorne hit the nail on the head with how maddening and heartbreaking those constant jabs can feel. Loved it. Second favorite horror read this year (and only because it’s second to The Reformatory, which is one of the best horror novels I’ve read ever, period). If Thorne has written or does write more horror novels, I’ll definitely be checking them out